Fighting for equality: the five to follow on Twitter

Our list of the top tweeters and bloggers working in public services writing about inequality

The Fawcett Society is included in our list of five to follow. They regularly comment on the news agenda and challenge the stereotypes that feminists face. Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian
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It's such a huge and wide-ranging issue, that is very difficult to confine to one list. Many individuals and organisations are fighting inequality while engaging with and sharing thought-provoking content on Twitter. In fact it was hard to choose five – so don't forget to add your suggestions below in the comment section. As always you are the real experts.

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is a great place to start – they are the experts when it comes to poverty and their Twitter feed proves no less.

Their feed will keep you up to speed on poverty in the UK with regularly retweeted headlines, reports and statistics. They have also compiled a great collection of lists to keep up with research and the news agenda.

From pointing out thought-provoking news stories, sharing statistics or captivating case-studies the Joseph Rowntree Foundation are the ones to follow when it comes to understanding and engaging with the reality of social inequality.

Winnie is the executive director of Oxfam International – the worldwide development organisation that attempts to mobilise the power of people against poverty. She is also one of the few women heading up a charity.

Winnie's Twitter feed focuses on inequality in all its forms, highlighting injustice all over the world. It is a great resource to uncover what is happening globally – especially the stories and issues that the mainstream media may not cover.

The Fawcett Society has been working, in the UK, for women's rights since 1866, campaigning for gender equality on pay, politics, poverty, justice and pensions.

Their Twitter feed comments on the news agenda, keeping their followers in the loop on the state of gender equality, offers regular updates on current campaign progress and regularly fights the stereotypes feminists face. In fact the Fawcett Society regularly remind us that feminists come in all shapes and sizes by posting photographs of celebrity supporters Bill Bailey, Ken Livingstone, Tracey Emin and many more. https://twitter.com/fawcettsociety/status/346949184496205824

As the general election approaches, their feed will be one to watch as they comment on policy and political agendas, forever keeping in mind the fight for gender equality.

Self-coined as an independent, evidence based campaign working to improve the quality of life in the UK by reducing economic inequality, The Equality Trust was co-founded in 2009 at the height of the recession.

On Twitter, the Trust publicises the content from it's blog – which covers inequality news, social injustice and campaigns from the wider sector.

The Trust tries to hold politicians and leaders to account and their feed is quite powerful – if someone is dodging Tax - they are not afraid to say so.